Aerial view of the Dong Nai Culture-Nature Reserve. Photo by VnExpress/Phuoc Tuan

 

Vietnam should not have a highway running through a world biosphere reserve because it will kill wildlife and degrade its environment, UNESCO's country office has said.

 

In a document recently sent to the Dong Nai People's Committee, the UNESCO office in Vietnam has advised against construction of the Ma Da Bridge that would connect the provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc as well as a national highway running through the core area of the Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve.

 

The office said these constructions would "cause serious impacts to the core area of Dong Nai biosphere reserve by fragmentation of ecosystems leading to a loss of continuity.

 

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